Notice No. R. 810

17 September 2010

Department of Water Affairs

The Minister of Water and Environmental Affairs, Ms Buyelwa Patience Sonjica, has under section 12(1) of the NationaI Water Act, 1998 (Act No. 36 of 1998) made the regulations in the Schedule.

Ms B P Sonjica, MP

Minister of Water and Environmental Affairs

Introduction

The Water Resource Classification System and other measures laid down by the Act are together intended to ensure the ecological sustainability of all the significant water resources by taking into consideration the social and economic needs of competing interests by all who rely on the water resources.